The Batlord

I've had plenty of good beer and thought, damn this tastes good... except for the alcohol.

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Frownland

This is how it starts. I can go all day.

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The Batlord

Yes, I am aware that many people brainwash themselves into thinking that alcohol isn't nasty **** with a sugar coating.

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Frownland

You sound like a five year old whose only taste of alcohol is a sip off of your mommy's Budweiser that made you puke.

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The Batlord

No, but alcohol tastes bad. If it didn't small children the world over would go blind from sneaking rubbing alcohol when their parents weren't looking. Everything tastewise that goes into booze is there to trick you into forgetting that. There's plenty of booze that I enjoy drinking, but there will still always be that alcohol taste lingering on my tongue to remind me that I the reason I drink is to get drunk.

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Frownland

My point is that not all alcoholic drinks taste bad or even like alcohol. Ever had a Singapore Slim? Any stout ever? Rose wine? Just because Jim Beam and Steel Reserve are nasty doesn't mean that every alcoholic drink is.

This **** ain't black and white.

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The Batlord

And I've already said that I like drinking plenty of booze, but you can still almost always taste the alcohol, and it's not a good taste.

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Frownland

With the right blend it can. You don't just go around eating handfuls of curry, do you? No, you put that **** in a dish with a bunch of other crap to accompany the flavour. My theory is that this entire concept has brought us the existence of beer, wine, and everything else that isn't grain alcohol.

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The Batlord

But alcohol has a uniquely repellant taste that doesn't really combine with anything. It's all the other flavors in the booze that combine to mask the alcohol taste.

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Frownland

Yes and no. You still sound like an elementary schooler trying to have a serious discussion with the grown ups about booze.

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